Looking At Booking Holdings's Recent Whale Trades


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A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Booking Holdings.

Looking at options history for Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG) we detected 66 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 42% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 57% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 36 are puts, for a total amount of $2,142,669 and 30, calls, for a total amount of $1,742,129.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $1220.0 to $3000.0 for Booking Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Booking Holdings options trades today is 47.23 with a total volume of 318.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Booking Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $1220.0 to $3000.0 over the last 30 days.

Booking Holdings Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
BKNGPUTTRADEBULLISH01/20/23$2300.00$271.6K14314
BKNGPUTTRADEBULLISH01/20/23$2300.00$221.3K14324
BKNGPUTTRADEBULLISH01/20/23$2300.00$197.0K14324
BKNGPUTSWEEPBEARISH02/25/22$2650.00$157.5K610
BKNGPUTSWEEPBEARISH03/04/22$2600.00$107.6K622

Where Is Booking Holdings Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 325,883, the price of BKNG is down -4.14% at $2508.16.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 1 days.

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20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"

Ditch your indicators and use the "MoneyLine." A simple line tells you when to buy and sell without the guesswork. It’s a line on a chart that’s helped Nic Chahine win 83% of his options buys. Here's how he does it.


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